Josiah Gray gave up two solo homers in six innings, for the only two runs he allowed, but a three-run home run by Juan Soto in the first kept the Washington Nationals ahead through five, and they added a run on a Ryan Zimmerman single in the sixth, 4-2, but Ryne Harper took over on the mound in the seventh and gave up a leadoff walk, one-out, two-run home run, and then a solo shot in the next at bat as the Toronto Blue Jays jumped out to a 5-4 lead.
Josh Bell hit a three-run blast off former Nats’ closer Brad Hand in the seventh, however, and then a solo shot by Carter Kieboom put the home team up by three, 8-5 final.